The Rejected Luna Queen novel Chapter 20

Aurora's POV

The sounds of crickets kept ringing in my ears as I tried in vain to get some sleep. I turned from side to side but all of my efforts were in vain. I was restless. The thoughts in my head wouldn't let me be, no matter how hard I tried to push them away.

"Ahhh!" I gasped as I heard something that sounded like a hand on my door knob. I waited a bit to see if the person was going to knock but I heard nothing else.

Keen to know if someone was there, I walked quietly to the door and gently opened it but I saw no one. It was dark, but I could have spotted a figure if there were any. "Oh, wow!" That was all I could say.

I didn't just get worked up at the thought of someone knocking on my door for nothing. I had thought it was probably Alpha Bane on the door. Every sound I heard around my room seemed like it was done by him, even though he had never been to my room. I didn't even think he knew where I stayed, save that I was at the servant's quarters. Yet, I was still scared somehow.

Ever since our last encounter, I could never get my mind off what happened. It was a disaster of a meeting and it was all my fault. There were a thousand and one ways that I could have handled it. Yet, I chose to do it my way. I chose to yell at the alpha of the Pack that I found myself in. How could I have done that?

I almost cursed myself for letting my emotions get the better of me. I was stronger than that. Control had never been my strong suit but I had always found a way around it. Perhaps, it wasn't to be.

Indeed, he wasn't of no blame himself. He was at fault and as much as I did not respond the best way, it didn't mean that I was wrong; not necessarily, all I told him was simply the truth. There was only one little problem. He was the alpha and I was his servant.

It was bad enough that he had refused to pick me as his mate, despite all I said to him. I had no other choice but to move on to someone else who did care for me; like Dylan. There was no way that I was going to let him stop me from making friends with other people in the Castle. That'd be very unfair.

No man ever ate his cake and had it back. No man ever tossed another in the air and told him where to fall. Those were words from a wise man. I made up my mind that I was going to meet new people and live my life the way it pleased me whilst serving him faithfully as I ought. It was my job anyway; serving others. It has always been my job.

As I slowly walked back to my bed, I felt a tingle in my stomach at the thought of Dylan which made me pause abruptly. I couldn't stop a smile from springing forth on my face. Just the thought of him did a lot to me.

I sat on my bed and began to reminisce about the things he always did for me. The length he had to go through to make sure that I was happy, the help he never failed to render me even when I didn't feel like asking; they were all so fresh in my head.

"Is this love that I'm smelling?" Rose asked, leaping a bit with joy on my inside. She seemed to be so excited for me, even though she knew that Dylan wasn't my mate.

"Love? Come on, Rose. It can't be love, can it?" I asked, even though I knew the answer. Somehow, I forgot that I couldn't hide it from my wolf. " Okay. Okay. Fine! I mean, it's okay to feel something for someone, right?"

"It's not bad at all. I'm glad that you're finally happy after such a long time. I get that he's not your mate and that's a huge problem, but yeah, I just want you to be happy anyway."

With the way she stressed the "Huge, "I knew she wasn't particularly happy about what I felt but she was happy for me and that was all that mattered. Dylan was the man I needed Bane to be; loving, caring, affectionate, everything I needed in a man.

Then our eyes met and he quickly stopped walking, staring at me like he'd seen a ghost. That was my chance, or so I thought. I smiled at him, walking to him and caressing his cheek with my right hand.

"Is anything bothering you, my Alpha?" I asked him, but he didn't respond. He seemed uninterested in whatever it was that I had to say and instead of talking to me, he tried to walk past me, drawing my ire.

"Why wouldn't you talk to me?" I screamed at him. "Are you acting this way because of that slu…"

I was so close to revealing the real reason why I was there and at the wrong time. Thankfully, I was able to get hold of myself but I had already succeeded in getting his attention, although not in the way that I'd have loved to.

"What were you saying?" He asked, suddenly realising that he had a tongue. "You should finish up what you were saying to me."

"Don't worry about that," I calmly replied, still wearing a frown. "I can't remember and I think I need to give you some space. You don't seem in the mood for a conversation."

I turned around and slowly walked away from the room, dragging my feet as I did, to show my annoyance and hoping that he'd try to stop me.

He didn't, and it only served to worsen my mood, deepening my hatred and jealousy toward Aurora. If I ever wanted to deal with her mercilessly, there was no better time.